MALLERY. | IN DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. 61 
several petroglyphs. He also furnished a sketch as an example of 
their general type, now presented as Fig. 18. The locality is in the 
lower end of Death valley. Mr. Nelson says: 
The spring here is in a basin some 60 to 80 acres in extent in whieh are ponds 
and tule marsh. Close by is an extensive ancient Indian camping ground, over which 
are scattered very many ‘‘chips” made from manufacturing arrow points from 
quartz erystal, chert, chalcedony, flint, and other similar material. 
The figures in the sketch ineclosed are situated relatively, as to size and location, 
as they occur on the rock. The latter is cracked and slopes at different angles, but 
the figures are all visible from a single point of view. There are several other 
figures in this group that are too indistinct to copy owing to age, or weather wear- 
ing. The group copied is the most extensive one seen, but many smaller groups and 
single figures are to be found on the rocks near by. 
The Shoshoni inhabit this region and a few families of Shoshoni live about the 
Panamint mountains at present. 
Tic. 19.—Rattlesnake rock, Mojave desert, California. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam, of the Department of Agriculture, on his return 
from the exploration of Death valley, kindly furnished a photograph 
of a ledge in Emigrant canyon, Panamint mountains, which was received 
too late for insertion in this work. This is much regretted, as a large 
number of petroglyphs are represented in groups. The characters are 
of the Shoshonean tvpe. Among themare ‘“ Moki goats,” tridents, the 
Greek ®, many crosses, and other figures shown in this chapter as 
found in the same general region. 
In the Mojave desert, about 2 miles north of Daggett station, ac- 
cording to the Mining and Scientific Press (@) is a small porphyritic butte 
known as ‘“ Rattlesnake rock,” ‘‘so named by reason of the immense 
number of these reptiles that find shelter in this mass of rock.” The 
accompanying Fig. 19 is a reproduction of that given in the paper 
quoted. The author states that “the implement used in making these 
characters was evidently a dull-pointed stone, as the lines are not 
sharp, and the sides of the indentation show marks of striation.” 
Lieut. Whipple reports the discovery of pictographs at Piute creek, 
